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Van Makers Want to Slash the Electric Van Market. Europe Can Boost It Instead.

Industry’s wishlist risks stalling progress on zero-emission vans. ACEA is calling for a weaker van CO2 target in 2030 and 5-year averaging for the period 2025–29 and 2030–34, among many other flexibilities. This would spell disaster for the zero-emission van market. What’s more, many challenges to electrification used as pretexts to call for … [continued] The post Van […]

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A Poll Watcher Reports From An Off-Year Election

An invitation to be an election poll watcher was compelling to me during our recent district election, so I volunteered to donate my time. You see, yesterday was a special election in my southern US town. The seat of a disgraced former commissioner (sexting with a minor) is vacant, and … [continued] The post A […]

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Hydrogen Dreams, Fiscal Nightmares: South Korea’s Stubborn Bet on FCEVs

Global hydrogen vehicle sales have fallen sharply again in 2025. Passenger and commercial markets that were once seen as the proving grounds for fuel-cell technology are shrinking fast. According to SNE Research, fewer than 9,000 hydrogen vehicles were sold worldwide in the first nine months of the year, down from … [continued] The post Hydrogen […]

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